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Age 2021 (Part 1) 120121 (Part 3) Birthday 1867~1868[4] (self-reported) Birthplace Northeast London[7] Residence DIO's Mansion Joestar Mansion (former) Gender Male Height 185 cm (6ft 1in, original)[7] 195 cm(6 ft 5in with Jonathan's Body)[8] Weight 90 kg[7] Nationality British Species Vampire Human (formerly) Hair Color Blonde[9] Eye Color Green[7] (Orange, Red, and Gold in Anime, ASB, EoH, and Digital Color) Occupation Lawyer[10] (as a human) A monkey can't stand against a human, and compared to me, you are a mere monkey, JoJo! Dio to Jonathan JoestarChapter 41: "Fire and Ice, Jonathan and Dio, Part 3"

Dio Brando (ディオ・ブランドー, Dio Burandō), known as DIO (ディオ) from Part 3 onwards, is the main antagonist in the original universe of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, featured primarily as the main antagonist in Phantom Blood and Stardust Crusaders, and a posthumous key antagonist in Stone Ocean.

After becoming a Vampire and later a Stand user, DIO has gathered around him many minions and is responsible for many major events of the series, from the death of Jonathan Joestar to the Joestar Family's sudden acquisition of Stand power, and his legacy persists throughout the series. He is the wielder of the immensely powerful The World.

DIO is the father of Giorno Giovanna, the main protagonist of Part 5, as well as a handful of other illegitimate offspring.

Appearance Dio is a tall man with long golden hair and an extremely muscular build most probably owing to his extensive training during his youth. Following his vampiric transformation he has been described as attractive by some characters, such as Straizo and much later Enrico Pucci.

Dio's-Birthmark DIO in possession of Jonathan's body. Following DIO's takeover of Jonathan's body, he dons a jacket with a tight black tank top underneath, as well as chaps with an exposed crotch. His face is now in full-view, and on his head is a heart-shaped circlet to match his knee guards. He also wears pointed shoes known as crackows. This is his form during the beginning of the DIO's World story arc. In most depictions of DIO, his outfit is tinted orange or yellow.

He also wears a necklace covering his neck scar and heart motifs above his feet and on his pant legs, but he quickly stopped sporting them after his first stairway confrontation with Polnareff.

Personality DIO has consistently been shown to be manipulative and violently domineering, regularly displaying a lack of conscience and empathy; a classic case of a psychopath and a sociopath.

Haha finger go brrr DIO is ecstatic when he sees his power expanding. DIO's most recognizable characteristics are his boundless ambition and megalomania. Abused by his father, being underprivileged and having lived in the most miserable conditions,[13] DIO set himself a goal of becoming the richest man alive. When he couldn't accomplish that, he settled for becoming the most powerful being on Earth. To do so, DIO used anything or anyone that he could in order to further his goals, disregarding any kind of morality that would restrain the range of actions available to him. Whether it be manipulation, seduction, or straight-up violence, DIO constantly sought to become more and more powerful, and to 'attain heaven'. DIO enjoys being in a position of power above all else[14][15] and has repeatedly stated how great he felt being in a dominating position no matter what it cost, be it selling his humanity for unholy and forbidden power as a member of the undead, or gaining powers that could eventually have him reshape the world in his image and have everyone worship him as a god. On the contrary, DIO never tolerated anyone standing up to him or equaling him in power, and was enraged and deeply disturbed at the thought several times.

DIO can be extremely charming when he wants to be, with many characters remarking him as being scarily charismatic and fascinating. He has used his innate charisma to gather many servants, mainly Stand Users. He is also a talented actor, shown as he tricked Jonathan Joestar into letting him go. His guise is not perfect though, as there are people capable of seeing through his charismatic facade and allure by his own dark ambitions and power, such as Joseph Joestar, have likened him akin to a cult leader or even in comparison to historic tyrants and dict

Possibly through his twisted nature in life, DIO's family values primarily saw him pitting his own offspring through the same crucible of hatred and abuse he was put through in childhood. One of his main standards for the women he sought were those with atrocious personalities, selfish interests, and with the worst of hearts to father his children. His logic was that his children would be tempered with such a miserable upbringing as to breed "strong warrior souls" like himself because that's what happened with his father, Dario. This proved somewhat true, as with only one notable exception (Giorno Giovanna), did his kin exemplify the same kind of wicked nature and lust for power he did.

The Stand exemplifies the user's psyche. His Stand, The World, represents his immoral desire for power and boundless ambition for control, but also his embodiment of determination to do whatever it takes to achieve his goals. This is perhaps what makes The World one of the strongest Stands in the entire series.

Trivia Dio's name is derived from the Italian word for "God", befitting his megalomaniac personality and his project to create a new world for him and his subordinates as implied in Stone Ocean.[1] His Heaven-Attained DIO form also fits as well due to warping reality to his liking. The style of Dio's name in Part 1 is written normally, whereas DIO's name in Part 3 onward is written in English and completely capitalized. Despite this, Giorno's picture of him has "Dio Brando" imprinted on it, even though his original name would have been long forgotten by then. The trick DIO used on Hol Horse by instantly going through spider webs without damaging them is likely a reference to Bela Lugosi's first scenes in Dracula (1931). Out of coincidence, Dio shares two of his Japanese voice actors and his English anime voice actor with the